Bruschini Luca, Fortunato Simona, Tascini Carlo, Ciabotti Annalisa, Leonildi Alessandro, Bini Belinda, Giuliano Simone, Abbruzzese Arturo, Berrettini Stefano, Menichetti Francesco
ENT Audiology and Phoniatry Unit and.
Infectious Disease Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, Italy.
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2017 Apr 6;4(2):ofx069. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofx069. eCollection 2017 Spring.
Development of intracranial complications from middle ear infections might be difficult to diagnose. We compared radiological and surgical findings of 26 patients affected by otogenic meningitis. Results of our analysis showed that surgery is more reliable than imaging in revealing bone defects. Therefore, suggest that surgery be performed for diagnosis and eventual management of all cases of suspected otogenic meningitis.
中耳感染引发的颅内并发症可能难以诊断。我们比较了26例耳源性脑膜炎患者的影像学和手术结果。我们的分析结果表明,在发现骨质缺损方面,手术比影像学检查更可靠。因此,建议对所有疑似耳源性脑膜炎病例进行手术以进行诊断和最终治疗。